They could be freed.
slave trade
Commerce and slave trade compromise
The Constitutional Convention said that congress could not ban slave trade until 1808.
apparently it was 1807 but it carried on to 1886
The United States Congress could not touch the slave trade until 1808, as stated in the U.S. Constitution's Slave Trade Clause. This clause prohibited Congress from banning the importation of slaves until that year.
In West African cultures, only certain classes of people could be slaves, while in the Atlantic slave trade, anyone could be captured and become a slave.
In West African cultures, only certain classes of people could be slaves, while in the Atlantic slave trade, anyone could be captured and become a slave.
1808
the year poopton93
they could not work if they had disease
The international slave trade ended APEX
Congress could not ban slave trade until 1808. This was due to the 1st and 4th clauses that were in section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. The 1st clause clearly stated that slave trade prohibition could not take place until 1808.